Brigadier Gen. (Ret) Stephen Xenakis M.D.

Dr. Xenakis is a retired brigadier general and Army medical corps officer with 28 years of active service. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences with an active clinical and consulting practice, and has been a senior adviser to the Department of Defense on neurobehavioral conditions and medical management. He is actively engaged in developing applications of quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) for primary care clinicians.

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• What “The Hurt Locker” Got Right

  By: Brigadier Gen. (Ret) Stephen Xenakis M.D.

  Much to the confusion of those who have not experienced combat--- parents and spouses, siblings and friends-- many young people say that ‘going to war’
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• Why Soldiers Drink

  By: Brigadier Gen. (Ret) Stephen Xenakis M.D.

  Soldiers drink alcohol. They have for thousands of years - to celebrate, to forget, to fortify themselves for the next day's battle. In the Iliad, Homer
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